“Sing of the Dignity of Man”‏

“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion” Max de Pree

“Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout”. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steelThin man lookin’ at his last mealHollow man lookin’ in a cottonfieldFor dignity

Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grassYoung man lookin’ in the shadows that passPoor man lookin’ through painted glassFor dignity

Somebody got murdered on New Year’s EveSomebody said dignity was the first to leaveI went into the city, went into the townWent into the land of the midnight sun

Searchin’ high, searchin’ lowSearchin’ everywhere I knowAskin’ the cops wherever I goHave you seen dignity?

Blind man breakin’ out of a trancePuts both his hands in the pockets of chanceHopin’ to find one circumstanceOf dignity

I went to the wedding of Mary-louShe said ?I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you?Said she could get killed if she told me what she knewAbout dignity

I went down where the vultures feedI would’ve got deeper, but there wasn’t any needHeard the tongues of angels and the tongues of menWasn’t any difference to me

Chilly wind sharp as a razor bladeHouse on fire, debts unpaidGonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maidHave you seen dignity?

Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hearsIn a crowded room full of covered up mirrorsLookin’ into the lost forgotten yearsFor dignity

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the bluesSaid he’d give me information if his name wasn’t usedHe wanted money up front, said he was abusedBy dignity

Footprints runnin’ cross the silver sandSteps goin’ down into tattoo landI met the sons of darkness and the sons of lightIn the bordertowns of despair

Got no place to fade, got no coatI’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boatTryin’ to read a note somebody wroteAbout dignity

Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cureLookin’ at his hands for the lines that wereAnd into every masterpiece of literaturefor dignity

Englishman stranded in the blackheart windCombin’ his hair back, his future looks thinBites the bullet and he looks withinFor dignity

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughedDignity never been photographedI went into the red, went into the blackInto the valley of dry bone dreams

So many roads, so much at stakeSo many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lakeSometimes I wonder what it’s gonna takeTo find dignity

“A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it”.Victor Hugo

“There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance”.John C. Maxwell

“It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent”. W. Somerset Maugham

“We don’t live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that”. Yoko Ono

So society just can’t let us be Please don’t be ashamed, we are not to blame The future’s ours to take, we will make mistakes Scream this loud and proud, we will not back down

“Relationships based on obligation lack dignity”. Wayne Dyer

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances”. Aristotle